Opinion

Jain Digambar monk Tarun Sagar's platitudes on female foeticide represent the hypocritical new 'affection' conservatives have for women, writes Ramanathan S in The News Minute. "His intention, that female foeticide be stopped, does not excuse the patriarchal prejudice from which this intention arises. To say that women should be saved only so men can get married to them and stop committing rapes is to see women as objects that only exist to be used by men for their pleasure. And this reiterates age-old, conservative beliefs for why gender-based violence towards women occurs in the first place," he writes.

Current developments could rapidly reduce the need for carrying cash in India, says an editorial in Mint. "A number of things are happening simultaneously, which could potentially change the way banking and finance work in this country. With the launch of the unified payment interface (UPI) by the National Payments Corporation of India last week, India has passed a significant milestone," it says.

The DNA of the Scorpéne submarine is its opacity, and what makes it vulnerable to detection is its distinctive acoustic signature, or the fingerprint of each boat, writes C Uday Bhaskar in The Hindu. "The dynamic part of this spectrum relates to the frequencies related to the sonar (the device used to detect the target) and the propulsion noise at different speeds and depths. Will the Indian Scorpene be compromised if this technical data is released by The Australian," he asks.